I choose joy. I choose peace. I choose happy.

sorry sorry sorry this is a day late AGAIN... annnnd that it is so late in the day! im sad i missed you.. i like the thought of you waiting for my emails... but i dont like the thought of you sadly walking away from the computer with no email from me... :3 haha

anyways

DEAR family and friends and everyone i love as MUCH

 as i would loooove to say that this week has been the turn around week... it KIND OF WAS THE WORST EVER!!! but good stuff still happened :)

ill just get the bad news out first and then talk about everything good

K dropped us..
i dont want to talk about it, but she did. i just hope with all the hope i can hope in my heart that the seed we planted will grow. i PRRRRRAY for her and CH... THEY NEED THE GOSPEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

huff.... SO that was hard and sad.

BUUUUUTTTTTTT we had some super cool things happen :)

sister band i got the flu AGAIN.... (thats what we get for sneaking past the flu shot in the mtc.... for all the new missionaries coming out... GET THE FLU SHOT!!)

but what was cool was DESPITE feeling miserable, we still went out and worked... (not as hard as we could have or would have liked... cause ya know.. we were dying and it snowed... which is like the icing on the cake) but we WORKED and WORK+GOD=MIRACLES. thats a fact. i dont know why it suprises me everytime it happens.

2 stories for you

1) tracting during a snow storm. (it makes for really good conversation.. especially when my cheeks are blue.. i think it makes the nice people feel bad for us and they let us in ;) )
so were tracting and we found a guy named R who actually said he was INTERESTED and set up a return appointment and everything!! he asked US to come back... AND for any reading material we could give him... it was one of those moments when they actually say yes you already have the line of "well thats ok never mind" but then its like... wait what?!?! oh!!! :):) so that was really cool :) the elders will be teaching him :)

2) we have flash cards in the car.. well they are giant signs that say "Jesus loves you" "we're mormon missionaries" "learn more?" "and our number" annnnd when we are freezing we go "traffic contacting" (ok when i say we go do this i mean we have done it one other time lol once means sometimes, twice means always ;) ) SOOOO we went traffic contacting and it ACTUALLY WORKED!!!!! this guy took down our number and called us! and we set up an appointment at the church!!!!! he couldnt COME to the appointment... but we'll try him again next week :D kinda cool :)

we helped M move like 3 days this week... helped clean both houses.. she's moving but staying in our area.. the spanish elders are working with their family but we were the ones that found them and still love them so much so we stop by as much as we can... IM LEARNING SPANISH and can actually carry on a broken conversation with her mom now!! ALLLLLSO when we were helping pack up their van her husband was there and he was asking us all sorts of questions (he has not been able to be at any lessons so this was totally new to him to be talking to missionaries) i feel very strongly that this family will be sealed one day. they are so choice. i dont think i will be here to see them be baptized... but i do love the fact that i helped. i knocked on the window to make her come outside!! what a great decision to be cheeky sometimes ;)

life is meant to be enjoyed. and we dont need to be having an easy time to be enjoying it.

joy is a choice. it results from righteous actions

peace is a choice it happens when we give our hearts to god

happiness is a choice it comes when we do our best.

i choose joy. i choose peace i choose happy.

guess what??? although this week has been hellacious...
my heart has gone back to that feeling i had in the MTC... that i was completely overwhelmed if i did it myself... but if i lean on the Lord.. i have no worries. welll thats not entirely true its like... i just have a deep sense of the fact that it will all work out.. and that this is good and happy and im ok :)
i love you all so much. you have been on my mind IMMENSLY lately. im praying for you dad seeing as you have so much going on and mister momming it... which reminds me.... I AM SO BAD AT NOT EMAILING BEFORE BIRTHDAYS HAPPEN.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAHHHHH YOUR THE BEST DAD IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND I WISH I COULD JUST GIVE YOU THE BEST BIGGEST HUG EVER!! I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A GOOD BIRTHDAY WEEK!! :):):):):):):):) OH I LOVE YOU!

im praying for you mom to have FUN and to be safe!! and that you will feel my love from edmonton to lethbridge cause it doesnt have to travel as far :D haha

im praying for you all! i love you i love you i LOVE you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love sister douglas